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Character sheets for the female magicians
Character sheets for the 
male magicians
Small sample of the 36 Spells you can learn in the game
Learn from the library to fight back against the monsters @ Spiel in Essen 2015
The Book of Madness @ Spiel in Essen 2015
Updated Player Aid
Sample of the 17 Monster cards used to form the Big Book
all monster cards from the game plus the two promo monster
The Big Book of Madness, IELLO, 2015 (image provided by the publisher)
My own little, apprentice sorceress...

The Big Book of Madness (2015)

Players
2–5
Best: 3
Playing time
60–90 min
Age
12+
6.86
Average rating
7,273
Ratings
2.70/5
Weight
#1371
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:El Gran Libro de la Locura +7 more
Designer:Maxime Rambourg
Artist:Xavier Gueniffey Durin
Publisher:Heidelberger Spieleverlag +12 more
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 5.4, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity5.4
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Card GameFantasyVariable Player PowersCooperative GameHand ManagementDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingPlayer Elimination

Overview

So far your first year at the Elementary College has been slightly disappointing. They taught you to light a flickering flame at the tip of your finger, but other than that you've spent much more time reading books than learning powerful spells as future great wizards like you should.

So when you heard about the Big Book of Madness hidden in the great school library, you couldn't help but to sneak in and peek in this intriguing tome in spite of your professors' warnings. When you slowly lift the cover of the terrible book, dozens of dreadful creatures rush out, threatening to destroy the world itself! This was your mistake, and only you can fix it now! Learn from the library to fight back against the monsters, and try not to sink into insanity...

The Big Book of Madness is a challenging co-operative game in which the players are magic students who must act as a team to turn all the pages of the book, then shut it by defeating the terrible monsters they've just freed.

Each player has their own element deck that they build during the game and use for several purposes, such as learning or casting a spell, adding a new element to their deck, destroy or healing a curse. Spells allow you to support your playmates, improve your deck, draw cards, etc. — but the monsters from the book fight back. Each comes with terrible curses that are triggered every turn unless you dispel them in time. They will make you discard elements, add madness cards to your deck, or lose spells...

If you manage to turn six pages and defeat all of the monsters, you win the game!

Expansions

The Big Book of Madness: Mime Promo Card
The Big Book of Madness: Golem promo
The Big Book of Madness: 2016 Greeting Card – Evil Santa
The Big Book of Madness: The Vth Element
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